John Forbes Kerry ... the second of four children born to Richard John Kerry, a U.S. diplomat and lawyer, and Rosemary Forbes, a nurse and social activist. His father was raised Catholic (John's paternal grandparents were Austro-Hungarian Jewish immigrants who converted to Catholicism) ...
The Forbes family ... fortune originates from trading opium ...
I never looked into him.
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No wonder he's such a douchebag.